The time has come to move beyond giving parents lollypops and requesting you be silent on a Saturday or Sunday! The Soccer Parenting Association has developed the Sideline Project, an easy to implement, free education program to be facilitated by coaches.

The Sideline Project is designed to engage parents (instead of give you a lollypop) and provide you with some much needed education so you can become more mindful of your sideline behavior, all while developing a stronger relationship with your child’s coach and helping your child thrive.

The Purposes of the Sideline Project are to

1. Educate parents and coaches about the different types of sideline communication: Supportive, Distracting and Hostile,

2. Help parents be aware of and eliminate Distracting Communication from the sidelines,

3. Eliminate Hostile Communication from the sidelines, and

4. Support a healthy relationship between coaches and parents by opening the lines of communication and the level of engagement.

Interested in learning more?

The simple to facilitate program consists of a parent meeting, the coach and parent watching an educational video and taking a pre-project survey, reminders automatically sent during the course of the season, the implementation of a 1 minute pre-game huddle by the coach for the parents, additional resources provided to coaches to share with their team parents at various times and a post-project survey that will be conducted at the end of the season.

The Sideline Project can be started at any time, so if you’re already started with your season, no problem!

The Sideline Project has been developed by the Soccer Parenting Association. The mission of the Soccer Parenting Association is to educate, engage, support and advocate for youth soccer parents so their child will thrive.

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About Skye Eddy Bruce

Founder, SoccerParenting.com
Skye is a former All-American goalkeeper, professional player and collegiate coach. She holds her USSF “B” License and USSF National Goalkeeper License and is an active youth coach, soccer parent and coach educator.